E Cigs | Yahoo TechE Cigs articles on Yahoo Techhttps://www.yahoo.com/tech/tagged/e-cigsen-USCopyright (c) 2015 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.Study: E-cigarettes Very Effective at Helping Smokers QuitPresenting findings from a study of almost 6,000 smokers over five years, the researchers said the results suggest that e-cigarettes could play an important role in reducing smoking rates and hence cutting tobacco-related deaths and illnesses. As well as causing lung cancer and other chronic respiratory diseases, tobacco smoking is also a major contributor to cardiovascular diseases, the world’s number one killer. “E-cigarettes could substantially improve public health because of their widespread appeal and the huge health gains associated with stopping smoking,” said Robert West of University College London’s epidemiology and public health department, who led the study.

Presenting findings from a study of almost 6,000 smokers over five years, the researchers said the results suggest that e-cigarettes could play an important role in reducing smoking rates and hence cutting tobacco-related deaths and illnesses. As well as causing lung cancer and other chronic respiratory diseases, tobacco smoking is also a major contributor to cardiovascular diseases, the world’s number one killer. “E-cigarettes could substantially improve public health because of their widespread appeal and the huge health gains associated with stopping smoking,” said Robert West of University College London’s epidemiology and public health department, who led the study.

]]>Wed, 21 May 2014 01:36:46 GMThttps://www.yahoo.com/tech/study-e-cigarettes-very-effective-at-helping-smokers-86362892929.html?src=rss86362892929E-Cigarettes May Soon Fall Under FDA ReviewMakers of electronic cigarettes such as Lorillard and Altria Group will for the first time face regulatory oversight, including passing a review to stay on the market, under a U.S. plan that doesn’t ban TV ads or flavored versions of the new products. The Food and Drug Administration today proposed to extend its reach over the tobacco industry to include the $3 billion market for e-cigarettes such as NJOY and blu, as well as cigars. “For the first time there will be a science-based, independent regulatory agency providing gatekeeping,” Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products, said in a briefing. “The regulator will finally be doing its job.” More from Bloomberg.com: China Challenges Obama’s Asia Pivot with Rapid Military Buildup The FDA gained the authority in 2009 to regulate e-cigarettes and cigars.

Makers of electronic cigarettes such as Lorillard and Altria Group will for the first time face regulatory oversight, including passing a review to stay on the market, under a U.S. plan that doesn’t ban TV ads or flavored versions of the new products. The Food and Drug Administration today proposed to extend its reach over the tobacco industry to include the $3 billion market for e-cigarettes such as NJOY and blu, as well as cigars. “For the first time there will be a science-based, independent regulatory agency providing gatekeeping,” Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products, said in a briefing. “The regulator will finally be doing its job.” More from Bloomberg.com: China Challenges Obama’s Asia Pivot with Rapid Military Buildup The FDA gained the authority in 2009 to regulate e-cigarettes and cigars.

]]>Thu, 24 Apr 2014 14:23:40 GMThttps://www.yahoo.com/tech/e-cigarettes-may-soon-fall-under-fda-review-83718586565.html?src=rss83718586565Planet of the Vapes: A Look Inside the Emerging World of E-Cigarette HackingBlow past the big names like NJoy and Tru and you’ll discover that e-cigarettes have spawned a “vaping” subculture. The movement revolves around electronic devices that deliver nicotine but otherwise hardly resemble cigarettes at all. These e-cig hackers may just influence how the emerging gadgets are thought of by politicians and policymakers in America. From “Korean/Filipino collaboration” Deus Mods. The history of electronic cigarettes is relatively short. They looked like cigarettes, they were used like cigarettes (suck in, blow out), and they overtly aimed to be cigarette substitutes.

Blow past the big names like NJoy and Tru and you’ll discover that e-cigarettes have spawned a “vaping” subculture. The movement revolves around electronic devices that deliver nicotine but otherwise hardly resemble cigarettes at all. These e-cig hackers may just influence how the emerging gadgets are thought of by politicians and policymakers in America. From “Korean/Filipino collaboration” Deus Mods. The history of electronic cigarettes is relatively short. They looked like cigarettes, they were used like cigarettes (suck in, blow out), and they overtly aimed to be cigarette substitutes.